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AR# 3480

Foundation F1.4: Upgrading your Foundation Express license to 2.0.x

Description

General Description:Foundation F1.4 is now being shipped with Foundation Express. The Expresssoftware is version 2.0.1.8, which is slightly newer than the Alliance version(version 2.0.12.2) of FPGA Express, shipped by Synopsys.

In order to license Foundation Express, you need a valid license.dat fromXilinx. There are three categories that users will fall into:

1. Current User of the Early Access version of Foundation Express

2. Current User of Foundation synthesis (Metamor)

3. New User of Foundation or Foundation synthesis

If you are not able to open Foundation Express, please consult the FoundationExpress Users Guide that was shipped with the software. General licensingissues will not be covered in this solution.

If you are able to open Foundation Express, and you do not have a BASE license,but cannot access the Constraints GUI (Synthesis -> Edit Constraints), thenyou need to follow one of the following solutions.

Solution

1

For Current Users of the Early Access version of Foundation Express:

If your license.dat contains FND-EXP-PC in the INCREMENT section, then you havean Early Access license for Foundation Express. This allows you to access theFoundation Express tools, but a new feature has been added that allows accessto the Constraints GUI.

You will notice that the PACKAGE statement in your license looks similar to thePACKAGE below, but you do not have the "Constraint-Mgr" line. To upgrade yourlicense, replace your PACKAGE section with this one here:

Please register your software with Xilinx Customer Service to obtain a full license.

3

For Current Users of Foundation synthesis (Metamor):

If your license.dat contains FND-STV-PC or FND-BSV-PC in the INCREMENT section,then you have a Standard or Base (respectively) license for Foundation andMetamor. This upgrade is documented in the Foundation Express User Guide onpages 2-6 to 2-8, as well as in the "Read Me First" document. These two hard-copy documents were shipped with the software.

The upgrade process here is similar to the upgrade for Early Access customers,but you will obtain the PACKAGE section from a file called PKGVER.TXT, foundon the root of the Foundation Express CD.